'The term vegan was coined by Donald Watson in 1944 and was defined as follows:
"Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals."'
It would be up to the individual to draw lines about oil, chalk etc. - clearly 'derived from animals' but not involving any 'exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom'.
In case you're wondering, I have been known myself to argue that vegans should consider their car fuel...
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Date: 2006-03-02 07:42 pm (UTC)"Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals."'
It would be up to the individual to draw lines about oil, chalk etc. - clearly 'derived from animals' but not involving any 'exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom'.
In case you're wondering, I have been known myself to argue that vegans should consider their car fuel...